Tom Cruise had a big hand in Val Kilmer‘s reprising his role as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky for Top Gun: Maverick.
The film’s producer Jerry Bruckheimer recently spoke with People magazine and revealed that the actor fought to include Val in the sequel. Click inside to read more… “[Tom Cruise] said, ‘We have to have Val, we have to have him back.
We have to have him in the film,’” Jerry said. “And he was the driving force. We all wanted him, but Tom was really adamant that if he’s going to make another Top Gun, Val had to be in it.” Val took a brief hiatus from acting after he lost the ability to speak in 2014 due to throat cancer treatment. Jerry went on to say of the Batman star, “He’s such a fine actor, and he’s such a good individual.
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